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6.01 Notes
Appropriate Activities for Three to Five Year-Olds
Language and Reading
Read storybooks with children---both individual and group
Use draw and tell (chalk time) and skywriting
Play audiotapes and videotapes with stories
Use puppets, object lessons, and various types of story props
Use flip chart, flannel board, and magnetic board ways of sharing stories
Provide time to practice scribbling and writing
Math
Provide activities to teach color , shape , and numbers concepts
Use sorting , matching, and search activities
Use charts
Use a textures box or bag
Incorporate counting in activities
Plan activities to teach size , space, volume,time , and temperature concepts
Science
Look for nature samples around which to build an activity
Plan simple experiments, as with food and water
Let children play with science materials and equipment
Set up a science table and change whats displayed there frequently
Help children learn to use their senses to explain their environment
Plan activities for understanding their bodies
Plan activities involving gardening , air , magnets , wheels, and animals
Plan field trips
Social Studies
Use themes related to social studies concepts
Focus on similarities among people since children naturally notice differences more easily
Promote positive thinking about older people
Use concepts of government, such as voting on things that can be left up to the children
Teach children how to nurture others by having them care for plants
Take a nature walk to observe others in nature to help them learn adaptability to change
Use readiness activities to prepare children to learn to read maps
Use show-and-tell to prepare children to be interested in current events
Art
Use a variety of painting activities---e.g., easel, finger, string, texture, and chalk painting
Use activities to help children learn basic forms and shapes
Allow children to draw and comment on their movements as they draw
Avoid limiting childrens art to coloring books
Allow children to play with molding materials
Have children build structures with blocks
Have children use a variety of materials to build collages

Music and Movement

Promote interest in musical instruments
Choose songs carefully
Create new words for well-known song tunes
Use the phrase method for teaching words of songs
Have children use rhythm instruments
Use fingerplays and chants
Do body percussion activities
Provide activities for time, space, and weight awareness
Use dancing , word games, pantomime, and pretending